Month
“māsa”
idea · 2 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Kārttika · Vaiśākha · Caitra · Kārttikī · Māgha · Māghī · civil month · lunar month · month · sidereal month
spoken of as
3 expressionsKārttika“month”2 mentions
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit)
// > In Kārttika, conjoined with Revatī;
Vaiśākha“month”1 mention
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit)
> The Paurṇamāsīs of Vaiśākha, Kārttika, and Māgha are of great fruit.
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
The unit of time-reckoning classified into lunar, solar, civil, and sidereal kinds, central to the passage's determination of ritual timing.
"The first is the civil month, the second is called lunar, the third is sidereal, and the fourth is the solar month.
> The Paurṇamāsīs of Vaiśākha, Kārttika, and Māgha are of great fruit.
> The Tṛtīyā of the bright fortnight which is in the month of Vaiśākha is meritorious.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A lunar month sacred to the god Agni, marked by specific bathing and dietary vows for purification
And Agni is the mouth of all the gods.
The month of *Kārttika* (कार्तिक) belongs to the deity Agni.
> He who bathes daily for the entire month of *Kārttika* (कार्तिक), with his senses subdued, / > Muttering prayers, eating sacrificial food, and being self-controlled, is freed from all sins.